The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-06-09
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The foreign placards are even more inter
estinR. "Arm! Burn! KILL Destroy!"
SAYS one. "Be ready for the universal revo-
lution,'' SAYS another. 1.-THE only logic is
that Of force. II has been used against US
for centuries; now let Us (the people) make
use Of H." Red 6ags ere hung over the stage,
red ribbons are worn in the coat lapels of the
men, and as scarfs BY the women, and every
man and woman present carries red hand
kerchief. :.
You should see one Of these meetings. At
most Of them the doors stand open and all
Are welcome because there really are no
secrets and there Is no sincerity among the
managers, who want every ten cents that may
nv any chance be contributed by Whatever
stranger happens In. There are dozen
women in the ROOM -fofeign women, In awk-
ward, ungraceful attire that Is made to look
as masculine as possible. There are hum
dred men. They are Russians, Bohemians,
Hungarians, Frenchmen, Poles and Germans,
the Bohemians and Poles being in the ma
iority. Nearly all are bearded and are dressed
like workingmen. They listen intently to the
speakers, but have queer way Of talking
back to them. One man will rise and inter
rupt speaker for FIVE minutes; another will
leap to his feet and, turning to the rest will
assure them that he personally knows that
what the orator is saying is true. One thing
"a certain to set the whole audience to groan-
ing and yelling at d speaker. That Is miidness
or prudent advice, or talk Of postponihg &C
| tion for future years. An orator who urges
ANYTHING except almost immediate violence
"a certain to excite intense disapprobation.
But the use they make of their red handker-
chiefs is the strangest thing in an Anarchist
meetine. You don't see one handkerchief as
they sit listening to their jawsfnith until sud.
denly he asks: "How Will you give the signal
for the general slaughter" ?" or he says; I'm
| what way will you know one another on the
dav of the great revolution p Instantly from
every masculine breast-pocket and from
around every feminine throat red sanguin-
ary big handkerchiefisp pulled tobe brandished
in the air with crazy energy and enthusiasm
II would make your blood run cold to hear
them talk Of their plans. One plan that
have heard Is the seizure Of the arsenals,
where they are all to arm and then capture
the elevated roads and shoot down at the peo-
pie and the militia in the streets.
Justus Gchwab used TO be the leading
reyolutionist; now 1t is Johann Most. Mos
il ridiculous-loo ooking man with his hair OF
end and dark beard all over his face. HI
was sent to Jail year ago for melting th'
Anarchists to murder, and he cut such
ridiculous figure when the police pulled hin
out. all dirt and cobwebs, from under hi
female friends bed, that it would be eas!
, for any lazy and glib foreigner who wants +
step into his shoes to do 30. But before h
had his plumes cut his head Office in William
, street was regular throneroom. It is tn
|. Office of TAs Frsihsis, a weekly revolutionar.
paper. The printers worked whenever ther
. was no one there to set up the beer; whe
they had beer they sat around q table an
, talked like dangerous maniacs. In the roor
: were some two-dollar condemned army mui
, kets that Most used to sell for % q piece !
accordance with his teaching that every ma
: and woman should arm themselves. Thel
. were and 1 suppose are yet, some clocl
! work internal machines, some cartridges fe
!. holding dynamite and some circulars ON sal
telling how to make and use dynamite, ho
: to talk the approved lunacy Of the Anarcl
!, lists, how to shoot and burn and all the res
Lone-haired lunatics from all over the worl
came there to see Most and pat him on tt
back and tell him he was great man.
schwab is losing great deal OF b
enthusiasm and recklessness nowada.
because he has got big bank accoun
He keeps q little basement beer saloon on Il
East side, sells drinks ct 200 per cen
~ profit, puts his money out at intere
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